Thunderbird Club

[KaraQ]

I dunno. As an actual Appalachian, I'm a little disappointed that the latch lines up that well. And that both parts are matched together properly. The screws are a nice touch, but their heads should be stripped and one should be a double headed nail. Just saying.

I'm also originally an Appalachian American. My dad & grandads were great at this stuff
I tried! I even used power tools! I almost was able to strip the screws!
But for the alignment...sigh...my ocd overrode my learned inclination to have it misaligned

 

[ToddOfThunder]

She was on several programs back then even a game show if I recall correctly. Which I may not.... Difficult to miss her when on one of those programs.....[/QUOTE Hollywood Squares maybe?

 

[ToddOfThunder]

Awwwe PILLO beat me to it!

 

[ToddOfThunder]

Ok I know this is for Thunderbird’s but it has a bird on it and it’s in my aviary! I put tapes on it but now I wanna put flats. I instantly start playing in the style of Fugazi so it does have that going for it!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Well, so far, quite different, probably because of the strings, mostly. Once I get the neck/bridge/intonation set properly, I can compare them a bit better. One thing that is quite noticeable - the 2007 is a lot quieter than the older one. Same settings on amp (I use an a/b switch) and guitars.

Are the pickups the same distance from the strings? (Tho I can believe the pickups might have changed over time.)

 

[Miles_ONeal]

ever seen a B-36?

I've always wanted to. They have fascinated me since I first got into planes, around 6 y/o.

 

[GBassNorth]

I don’t think so. My Dad was on the missile side developing the Atlas and testing them at Sycamore Canyon. I hardly knew what he did; it was all high security stuff. Only lately has he told stories about the Convair days and his later years at Vandenberg. One of his crazy stories is about how during the Cuban missile crisis, they scrambled to turn some of the test stands at Sycamore into launch capable pads “just in case.”

In the 1960's I was a kid living in the Granada Hills area while my dad worked at Rocketdyne in Canoga Park on the Atlas project, that was during the pre Rockwell years. I still remember going to what we called Rocketdyne park where they had a two story playground type rocket you could climb up in. In the late 1960's Dad went on to work for IBM in Boulder Colorado. I don't think the the park or playground rocket exist anymore, but if you were a kid in that area at that time you might remember it.

I think this might be the one...

Now somewhere around Santa Susana I think.

 

[shadven]

cool wife..
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I have those socks too.

 

[MCF]

In the 1960's I was a kid living in the Granada Hills area while my dad worked at Rocketdyne in Canoga Park on the Atlas project, that was during the pre Rockwell years. I still remember going to what we called Rocketdyne park where they had a two story playground type rocket you could climb up in. In the late 1960's Dad went on to work for IBM in Boulder Colorado. I don't think the the park or playground rocket exist anymore, but if you were a kid in that area at that time you might remember it.

As a little kid in San Diego, I remember the company picnics and getting to play in a couple of decommissioned planes.

It’s amazing how many of us who were born in the late fifties, early sixties and grew up in So Cal were the children of defense contractors. So many areas depended on that industry. San Diego, Fullerton, El Segundo/Torrence, Burbank, Pasadena, Palmdale, the Valley, Goleta, Lompoc/Santa Maria...

 

[GBassNorth]

And now for the real test, are you really meant to be in the rhythm section...
What Musical Instrument Should You Play?

Fun little short quiz.

 

[ToddOfThunder]

And now for the real test, are you really meant to be in the rhythm section...
What Musical Instrument Should You Play?

Fun little short quiz.

That was fun, It said that I'm a guitar player. Like quite a few people I've heard of, I picked up bass because the original bassist left the band. I haven't looked back since and especially since my Thunderbird chose me! I do still play and enjoy guitar. Just bought an Alvarez acoustic guitar to write songs on.

 

[MCF]

In the 1960's I was a kid living in the Granada Hills area while my dad worked at Rocketdyne in Canoga Park on the Atlas project, that was during the pre Rockwell years. I still remember going to what we called Rocketdyne park where they had a two story playground type rocket you could climb up in. In the late 1960's Dad went on to work for IBM in Boulder Colorado. I don't think the the park or playground rocket exist anymore, but if you were a kid in that area at that time you might remember it.

I think this might be the one...
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Now somewhere around Santa Susana I think.

There were two (IIRC) of those at the main park at Vandenberg. Long gone. So is the park. A casualty of the Challenger disaster. When we were in high school, we got a great bird’s eye view of the road in case the APs were coming to break up our beer drinking. Good times!

 

[MCF]

That was fun, It said that I'm a guitar player. Like quite a few people I've heard of, I picked up bass because the original bassist left the band. I haven't looked back since and especially since my Thunderbird chose me! I do still play and enjoy guitar. Just bought an Alvarez acoustic guitar to write songs on.

It gave me a lot of choices, guitar, harp, piano, sax among others including accordion! No bass though. Oh well, Violin was on the list so there’s that.

 

[GonePlaid]

ever seen a B-36?

They operated out of Homestead AFB. Often came over our neighborhood-at altitude. We had a dog at the time that would only bark at the sound of the Blimp or B-36's.

 

[ToddOfThunder]

It gave me a lot of choices, guitar, harp, piano, sax among others including accordion! No bass though. Oh well, Violin was on the list so there’s that.

What does "it" know. It could never know the love of a Thunderbird!

 

[ToddOfThunder]

There were two (IIRC) of those at the main park at Vandenberg. Long gone. So is the park. A casualty of the Challenger disaster. When we were in high school, we got a great bird’s eye view of the road in case the APs were coming to break up our beer drinking. Good times!

Said Challenger disaster happened on my 16th birthday I was watching it at a snack shop across the street from my high school. Needless to say my birthday was crap after seeing it.....

 

[Thumper]

So, I only meant Hangar Queen was a deragatory term, and the word Queen shouldn't be construed as deragatory in any way.

They loaded a 500 lb nuke under 7487 and stuck her in Victor Alert. The first time I saw her wearing it, I was reminded of a certain well endowed Latina, hence the nickname/name. It was quite intimidating having 2 Military Police with their fingers on the triggers of their M-16s, pointing them in my general direction and watching my every move as I got her ready to scramble.

All in all, I'd rather be playing a Thunderbird pickup equipped bass.

 

[Engle]

Took care of the ugly bridge problem. I drilled a 7/64ths hole in the middle of that raised section and tapped it for
6-32 thread:

I had this modified Pbass bridge cover in my parts drawer:

Gotta order some shortscale flatwounds!

 

[MCF]

Said Challenger disaster happened on my 16th birthday I was watching it at a snack shop across the street from my high school. Needless to say my birthday was crap after seeing it.....

I was 27. It shook me immensely as someone who grew up in an aerospace family. Vandenberg was set to become the west coast launch and recovery port. Only recently have talks begun to use it for that purpose as a commercial spaceport with some Air (Space ?) Force involvement.

 

[MCF]

Took care of the ugly bridge problem. I drilled a 7/64ths hole in the middle of that raised section and tapped it for
6-32 thread:
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I had this modified Pbass bridge cover in my parts drawer:
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Gotta order some shortscale flatwounds!

I’d rock that! But I like old Japanese instruments. Does it come close to intonating?